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The Medical Council of Canada (MCC)’s webinar, MCC assessments and readiness for practice, is now available for viewing.
The webinar explores what MCC assessments are designed to measure, how exam results relate to readiness for practice, and the role assessments play within the broader pathways to medical licensure in Canada.
Over the course of the 60-minute session, which took place on August 18, presenters Dr. Maxim Morin, executive director of Assessment with the MCC, and Dr. Debra Pugh, physician and medical education advisor with the MCC, unpack why licensing exams exist and what they can, and cannot, tell us about a physician’s readiness for practice. They also discuss the relationship between exam performance and clinical success, and explain how MCC examinations, including the Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination (MCCQE), National Assessment Collaboration (NAC) Examination, and the Therapeutics Decision-Making (TDM) Examination are developed, scored, and used. This includes how each contributes to assessing readiness for practice in the Canadian context.
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The webinar also explores how nationally defined competencies, examination blueprints, and physician subject-matter experts all contribute to the development of MCC assessments, as well as how exam results are used differently depending on the path to licensure.
During the live question-and-answer session, the panellists addressed candidate questions about exam preparation, score interpretation, repeat attempts, and how MCCQE results are calculated. They also discussed the growing role that artificial intelligence (A.I.) plays in medicine, emphasizing the continuing importance of foundational medical knowledge and the need for physicians to use emerging technologies safely and appropriately.
For more information, see WEBINAR: MCC assessments and readiness for practice.